Project Executive - k-12

Adolfson & Peterson Inc.; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 152,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance

Health Savings Account

401(k) and Flexible Spending Accounts

Paid Time Off (PTO) and Holidays

Tuition Assistance Program

Employee Referral Bonus

Job summary

Adolfson & Peterson Inc. is seeking a Project Executive for their Midwest K-12 Education Division. This role involves leading project management activities to ensure alignment with company goals, managing project budgets, schedules, and team performance effectively.

The ideal candidate will have a bachelor's degree in construction management or a related field, along with over 10 years of project management experience and strong leadership skills. Benefits include health insurance, 401(k), and paid time off.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of construction project management experience required.
• 4+ years of people management experience needed.
• Strong proficiency with scheduling and cost control software.

Responsibilities

• Lead project management activities for K-12 education projects.
• Ensure alignment with corporate financial expectations.
• Manage budgets, construction teams, and project schedules.

Skills

Project Management Software

People Management

Value Engineering

Cost Control

Estimating

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, architecture, or engineering

Tools

Prolog

Microsoft Project

P6

Job description

Project Executive – Midwest K‑12 Education Division

Adolfson and Peterson is hiring a Project Executive to lead our Midwest K‑12 education division’s project management activities while ensuring alignment with AP’s strategic goals and mission. The role involves leading, managing, and directing large‑scale, complex projects and/or project teams to provide quality, technical, and responsive services to clients while achieving profitable results that meet corporate financial expectations.

Responsibilities

• Take personal responsibility for working safely within an Incident and Injury Free (IIF) culture.
• Provide leadership within the Operations department to ensure that projects are timely and have quality results.
• Develop, manage, and retain a best‑in‑class Project Management department.
• Provide leadership in team member attraction and retention initiatives, performance management, and team member development.
• Provide recommendations for staffing, compensation reviews, and performance goals.
• Help create and coordinate execution of career development plans for team members.
• Coach, mentor, and train team members.
• Ensure team members have the necessary resources and support.
• Create and nurture a collaborative environment and team member engagement.
• Resolve team member performance issues.
• Help build and maintain a pipeline of qualified applicants and team members.
• Collaborate with the Preconstruction Manager to manage the pre‑construction process and ensure technical expertise is provided to the team.
• Oversee the review of constructability with the project team.
• Oversee the management of the budgets, pre‑construction, construction, internal project teams, design teams, and development of estimates.
• Ensure that job safety requirements are communicated to all trade contractors for zero injury.
• Partner with the regional leadership team in procuring future projects across designated markets.
• Lead new project marketing efforts through contacts and maintaining a network of architects, consultants, and potential clients to consistently bring forth project leads; collaborate with business development staff.
• Lead presentation and proposal preparations incorporating project management principles into the process; understand the owner’s financial goals for the project.
• Review the schedules for proposed projects, in conjunction with field operations, which accurately reflect the project time to complete as well as critical issues facing the project team.
• Define target markets, project size and type, and establish marketing goals.
• Manage the Continuous Client Care program.
• Build and sustain quality relationships between AP and the owner.
• Provide leadership for a defined functional market and projects.
• Act as a subject matter expert for a specified functional market; understand and track trends, legislative changes, and new developments.
• Build and develop relationships with key industry leaders.
• Network with local organizations and businesses within the functional market.
• Build organizational capacities internally to win work.
• Build and facilitate collaborative team processes among project participants.
• Provide guidance and direction around project strategy.
• Participate in all recruiting, development, and retention activities for project teams.
• Provide leadership and management direction to a project or department team.
• Develop teamwork among all team members working on projects to ensure success; act as dispute resolution mediator as needed.
• Act as liaison between senior management and the owner to create and maintain a collaborative rapport.
• Facilitate progress meetings with the owner, design team, and key trade contractors.
• Perform and/or oversee the review of project plans for constructability and cost feasibility; manage and/or complete project risk assessments and scope of work matrices.
• Review project plans and specifications for constructability and cost feasibility.
• Oversee the trade contract bidding process.
• Manage the project buy‑out for all trade contractor/supplier contracts; review the scope of work, schedule, and performance expectations including workforce utilization goals prior to the award of the contract.
• Ensure that the trade contractor/supplier log is maintained.
• Assist the Superintendent and Project Manager in preparing and updating the detailed construction schedule; initiate and review close‑out procedures with the Superintendent, owner, and design team before trade contractor work starts for a zero‑punch list.
• Confirm that the total cost budgets, with contingencies, tie to the project contract amount; ensure project budgets are maintained in Prolog.
• Oversee the review of all trade contractor/supplier payment applications.
• Ensure that project logs, procedure, and schedule for submittal of O&M manuals, close‑out documents, and project warranties are completed properly.
• Analyze and manage project progress, costs, budgets, and cash flows.
• Oversee the review of shop drawings, RFIs, and ASIs (all change orders) for coordination and implementation of project requirements.
• Manage the trade contract process and all clarification or change issues.
• Understand all the plans, specifications, and details through the project duration; manage, review, and control all project costs.
• Prepare the final written analysis on project profitability, profit enhancers, profit busters, and project problems.
• Review the project’s QC plan and ensure compliance; report findings to project team and management.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, architecture, engineering, or equivalent, and 10+ years of construction project management experience; or an associate degree in construction management and 12+ years of related project management experience.
• 4+ years of people management experience.
• Advanced proficiency with scheduling, spreadsheets, cost control, and project management software including Prolog, Microsoft Project, P6, and other construction programs.
• Solid understanding of value engineering, life cycle costing, and project profit/cost processes.
• Ability to read and comprehend building plans and specifications; estimating experience including take‑offs preferred.
• Recognition and achievement of high‑quality construction standards.
• Thorough experience with multiple contract types under the CMR and Design‑Build delivery methods.
• Current or ability to become current with OSHA 30 and company safety requirements.
• Ability to travel to project work sites.
• Demonstrated integrity and ethical standards.
• Experience driving growth and change; demonstrated effectiveness in driving operations and executing plans.
• Ability to identify talent, create and develop teams, and build trust and engagement.
• Capability to identify and capitalize on opportunities quickly; ability to maintain effect balance between strategic and tactical priorities.
• Experience driving accountability for financial and operational effectiveness, integrating and aligning efforts across teams, monitoring results and tackling problems decisively.
• Experience cultivating an active network of relationships, driving collaboration and alignment, relating well to key colleagues and communicating candidly with employees at all levels.
• Ability to drive to the core of complex issues and provide insightful and constructive feedback.

Estimated Pay

$152,000.00 – $240,000.00

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• 401(k) and Flexible Spending Accounts (Dependent & Medical Reimbursement)
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Holidays
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Bonus

Equal Employment Opportunity

Adolfson & Peterson Construction is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered. All other applicant information is strictly confidential and will be handled accordingly.